[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med) › [Early and ascribed compendia](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita) › [Ashtangasamgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha) › 5.60 # Ashtangasamgraha 5.60 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 5.60 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.5.60) bhūtādyasyarśanopāyo nirdiṣṭaśca pṛthak pṛthak | anutpatyai samāsena vidhireṣa pradarśitaḥ || tāsāṃ hi mukhāni tatpratibaddhānyatastāni tābhirāpyāyyante | taiśca tāḥ svedamabhivahanti | tathābhyaṅgalepādivīryaṃ tvaci vipakvamantarnayanti sparśaṃ ca gṛhṇanti || yā tṛṣṇā jāyate tīvrā sopasargātmikā smṛtā || kṣīṇaujaḥsvaraśukreṣu yonidoṣeṣu saṃsrave | mṛtaprajāsu vandhyāsu hitaṃ garbhasya ca srutau || pravaraṃ tadataḥ phalādiṣu smṛtamāsthāpanayojanāsviti || dhanvantariragastyaśca susnātaṃ pradiśantu te || > The means of non-contact with spirits and the like have also been stated individually; > This procedure has been expounded in brief to prevent \[their\] arising. > For their apertures are connected to it; therefore they are nourished by them, > and through them they carry perspiration. > Likewise, they carry inward the potency of massages, pastes, and the like, digested in the skin, and perceive touch. > The intense thirst that arises is known as symptomatic thirst. > In depleted vital essence, voice, and semen, in disorders and discharge of the female genital tract, > in those whose children die, in barren women, and in miscarriage of the fetus, it is beneficial. > Therefore, it is considered superior among fruits and the like in applications of non-unctuous enemas. > May Dhanvantari and Agastya grant you who are well-bathed \[blessings\]! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.5.59) - [Next: 5.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.5.61) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.5.60) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.5.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.5.60) · Pramāṇa